diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
index f0ae84e09dc76d69ca481719b466ff0944c9dc68..d4f472ba282cedf1068488fe43bedd37190d3e2b 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
@@ -5764,16 +5764,20 @@ qemuDomainSupportsNewVcpuHotplug(virDomainObjPtr vm)
  * @driver: qemu driver data
  * @vm: domain object
  * @asyncJob: current asynchronous job type
+ * @state: refresh vcpu state
  *
  * Updates vCPU information private data of @vm. Due to historical reasons this
  * function returns success even if some data were not reported by qemu.
  *
+ * If @state is true, the vcpu state is refreshed as reported by the monitor.
+ *
  * Returns 0 on success and -1 on fatal error.
  */
 int
 qemuDomainRefreshVcpuInfo(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
                           virDomainObjPtr vm,
-                          int asyncJob)
+                          int asyncJob,
+                          bool state)
 {
     virDomainVcpuDefPtr vcpu;
     qemuDomainVcpuPrivatePtr vcpupriv;
@@ -5841,6 +5845,9 @@ qemuDomainRefreshVcpuInfo(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
         VIR_FREE(vcpupriv->alias);
         VIR_STEAL_PTR(vcpupriv->alias, info[i].alias);
         vcpupriv->enable_id = info[i].id;
+
+        if (hotplug && state)
+            vcpu->online = !!info[i].qom_path;
     }
 
     ret = 0;
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h
index c95acdfa6d55741548df0c9f135baec0be163907..b4b3daef36fc973d113c44c657adb3086b6d3747 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h
@@ -660,7 +660,8 @@ pid_t qemuDomainGetVcpuPid(virDomainObjPtr vm, unsigned int vcpuid);
 int qemuDomainValidateVcpuInfo(virDomainObjPtr vm);
 int qemuDomainRefreshVcpuInfo(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
                               virDomainObjPtr vm,
-                              int asyncJob);
+                              int asyncJob,
+                              bool state);
 
 bool qemuDomainSupportsNicdev(virDomainDefPtr def,
                               virDomainNetDefPtr net);
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
index a0ac2ef7f5a17b8a1fcb5be10c87e1e93841aef2..8ff95f6681c6926a8a13a811a2b074a932031109 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
@@ -4640,7 +4640,7 @@ qemuDomainHotplugAddVcpu(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
 
     vcpuinfo->online = true;
 
-    if (qemuDomainRefreshVcpuInfo(driver, vm, QEMU_ASYNC_JOB_NONE) < 0)
+    if (qemuDomainRefreshVcpuInfo(driver, vm, QEMU_ASYNC_JOB_NONE, false) < 0)
         goto cleanup;
 
     if (qemuDomainValidateVcpuInfo(vm) < 0)
@@ -4689,7 +4689,7 @@ qemuDomainHotplugDelVcpu(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
         goto cleanup;
     }
 
-    if (qemuDomainRefreshVcpuInfo(driver, vm, QEMU_ASYNC_JOB_NONE) < 0)
+    if (qemuDomainRefreshVcpuInfo(driver, vm, QEMU_ASYNC_JOB_NONE, false) < 0)
         goto cleanup;
 
     if (qemuDomainValidateVcpuInfo(vm) < 0) {
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
index 907da3045a6ede2f83de77607893bbd69495e7cf..3cf9d8cd97ceef528f0db1bae02e62b10c37544a 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
@@ -3354,6 +3354,9 @@ qemuProcessReconnect(void *opaque)
     ignore_value(virSecurityManagerCheckAllLabel(driver->securityManager,
                                                  obj->def));
 
+    if (qemuDomainRefreshVcpuInfo(driver, obj, QEMU_ASYNC_JOB_NONE, true) < 0)
+        goto error;
+
     if (virSecurityManagerReserveLabel(driver->securityManager, obj->def, obj->pid) < 0)
         goto error;
 
@@ -5234,7 +5237,7 @@ qemuProcessLaunch(virConnectPtr conn,
         goto cleanup;
 
     VIR_DEBUG("Refreshing VCPU info");
-    if (qemuDomainRefreshVcpuInfo(driver, vm, asyncJob) < 0)
+    if (qemuDomainRefreshVcpuInfo(driver, vm, asyncJob, false) < 0)
         goto cleanup;
 
     if (qemuDomainValidateVcpuInfo(vm) < 0)
@@ -6029,7 +6032,7 @@ int qemuProcessAttach(virConnectPtr conn ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
     }
 
     VIR_DEBUG("Detecting VCPU PIDs");
-    if (qemuDomainRefreshVcpuInfo(driver, vm, QEMU_ASYNC_JOB_NONE) < 0)
+    if (qemuDomainRefreshVcpuInfo(driver, vm, QEMU_ASYNC_JOB_NONE, false) < 0)
         goto error;
 
     if (qemuDomainValidateVcpuInfo(vm) < 0)